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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1980
Cover Price 0 free
Pages 16
Editing Joe Orlando ?
Notes Packaged with Leaf Candy.

Cover Details - "The Secret Origin of Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Penguin; Joker
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Giordano ?
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Dick Giordano in an email to the indexer has confirmed that he inked this cover, and suspects that he pencilled it based on a layout from Carmine Infantino.

14 page Batman story "The Origin of the Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death); Joe Chill (unnamed); Commissioner Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Joker; Utility Belt; Batarang; Batmobile; Batcave; Bat-Signal; Batboat
Synopsis An overview of Batman's career; from the death of his parents, through his training, the bat flying through the window, his gadgets and cave, his relationship with the police, and Dick Grayson becoming Robin.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Frank McLaughlin ?
Notes The Comic Reader #191 (May-June 1981) listed the artists as "Don Newton/Frank McLaughlin".

1 page advertisement "Send for your DC Super Heroes Collector Album!"

Characters Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Notes Mail-in offer for a DC Super Heroes Collector Album for 1.50 USD.